Volume 16 No. 1 (supplement) January – February, 2011

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

1.	Introduction	……………	1
2.	FLORENTINA SAUCĂ, DANIELA ANCA LAZĂRScientific results regarding the gene(s) introgression of drought-resistance to helianthus annuus species, using embryo rescue	……………	3
3.	MARIA RÂPĂ, MONA ELENA POPA, ELENA GROSU, MIHAELA GEICU, PETRUŢA STOICAEvaluation of the biodegrading action of the Penicillium Sp. on some composites based on PHB	……………	9
4.	BĂDĂRĂU CARMEN LILIANA, MĂRCULESCU ANGELA, CHIRU NICOLETA, DAMŞA FLORENTINA, NISTOR ANDREEAEffects of Rosmarinus officinalis oil treatments on the photosynthetic  pigments in healthy and potato virus Y infected plants Solanum tuberosum L.	……………	19
5.	FLOAREA BURNICHI, MARIA-GABRIELA PÂRVU, SILVANA DANAILA-GUIDEA, NICULIŢA PETRU, ESOFINA RISTICI, RISTICI MARIANResearch regarding the influence of laser radiation upon the growth and development of some vegetable species (eggplant and sweet pepper)	……………	26
6.	FLORENTINA MATEI RADOI, ISRAEL-ROMING FLORENTINA, CRISTEA STELICA, SMEU IRINA, RADU ANCAQuantitative study of Deoxynivalenol and Ochratoxin accumulation in synthetic media	……………	33
7.	EMANUEL VAMANU, MIHAELA ENE, ADRIAN VAMANU, DIANA SMARANDACHE, IONELA SÂRBU, OVIDIU POPA, NARCISA BĂBEANU, SULTANA NIȚĂ, BARCARI VEACESLAVAntioxidant and antibacterial properties of the extracts from Pleurotus ostreatus EVFB1 and EVFB4	……………	40
8.	ALINA ORTAN, CRISTINA DINU PARVU, MIHAELA VIOLETA GHICA, LIDIA MARIA POPESCU, LUCIAN IONITARheological study of a liposomal hydrogel based on carbopol	……………	47
9.	LJILJANA TUBIĆ, SNEŽANA ZDRAVKOVIĆ-KORAĆ, NEVENA MITIĆ, JELENA MILOJEVIĆ, DUŠICA ĆALIĆ-DRAGOSAVAC, BRANKA VINTERHALTERPlant regeneration from transverse stalk sections of chive plants	……………	55
10.	DORICA BOTAU, SORINA POPESCU, MONICA HĂRMĂNESCU, IOSIF IANCULOV, SORIN CIULCA, ALEXANDRA FRANŢVariability study of the some biochimical traits in  Momordica charantia cell lines	……………	60
11.	CRISTINA DINU PIRVU,ALINA ORTAN, MIRCEA HIRJAU, RAZVAN PRISADA, DUMITRU LUPULIASA, ALEXANDRU BOGDANStudies Concerning the Optimization of the Pentoxifylline Encapsulation	……………	66
12.	GORICA CVIJANOVIĆ, GORDANA DOZET, VOJIN ĐUKIĆ, JONEL SUBIĆ, DRAGO CVIJANOVIĆEffects of Nitrogen fertilising on the preceding crop and the application of Co and Mo on Azotobacter abundance in soya bean	……………	74
13.	DIANA ELENA KARÁCSONYI, NICOLETA CHIRU, ANDREEA NISTORMicrosatellite analysis of somaclonal variation in potato (Solanum tuberosum Ssp. Tuberosum) plantlets regenerated from callus	……………	81
14.	OLTEANU VIOLETA, SICUIA OANA, CIUCA MATILDA, CARSTEA DOINA MARIA, VOAIDES CATALINA, CAMPEANU GHEORGHE, CORNEA CALINA PETRUTAProduction of biosurfactants and antifungal compounds by new strains of Bacillus Spp. isolated from different sources	……………	84
15.	MARIYA PETROVA, ELY ZAYOVA, ELINA YANKOVA, GEORGI BALDZHIEVPlant regeneration from callus culture of Arnica montana	……………	92
16.	LIZICA SZILAGYI,ŞEMUN TAYYAR, MATILDA CIUCĂEvaluation of genetic diversity  in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris l.) using RAPD markers and morpho-agronomic traits	……………	98
17.	TEODOR VINTILĂ, DANIELA VINTILĂ, SIMINA NEO, CAMELIA TULCAN, NICOLETA HADARUGASimultaneous hydrolysis and fermentation of lignocellulose versus separated hydrolysis and ferme ntation for ethanol production	……………	106
18.	MATEI RADOI FLORENTINA, BRINDUSE ELENA, NICOLAE GETUTA, TUDORACHE AURELIA, TEODORESCU RAZVANYeast biodiversity evolution over decades in Dealu Mare-Valea Calugareasca vineyard	……………	113
19.	AMALIA CARMEN MITELUT, MONA ELENA POPASeed germination bioassay for toxicity evaluation of different composting biodegradable materials	……………	121
20.	ELENA RUSU, A. AIRINEI, R. I. TIGOIANUQuenching of tryptophan and 4,4′-diaminostilbene fluorescence by dinitrophenyl ethers: Use of 1-allyloxy-2,4-dinitrobenzene, as a quencher	……………	130
21.	ANA-MARIA TANASE, ANDREI NICOARA, TATIANA VASSU, IULIA CHICIUDEAN, ROBERTINA IONESCU, ORTANSA CSUTAK, ILEANA STOICAPhenotypic and Genotypic Analysis on Bacterial Strains from a Karathane Polluted Soil	……………	141
22.	AMALIA MITELUT, MONA POPA, MIHAELA GEICU, PETRU NICULITA, DANIELA VATUIU, IOANA VATUIU, B. GILEA, R. BALINT, RADU CRAMARIUCOhmic treatment for microbial inhibition in meat and meat products	……………	149

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